STATE BILLVA HB 339ENGROSSED

Employee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions.

Employee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions; federal rules. Requires that, if a federal wage or hour law, federal occupational health and safety law, or federal mine safety law is repealed, revoked, amended, or reinterpreted in any manner that results in the federal protections becoming less stringent or effective, the Commissioner, the Safety and Health Codes Board, or the Department of Energy, respectively, shall promulgate regulations that incorporate the federal law as it existed prior to being repealed, revoked, amended, or newly interpreted.

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Jan 30, 2026; 286 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2027 Regular Session

VA HB 339 · EngrossedJan 30

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Bill details

Last action: Continued from last session · Jul 21, 2026
Pending committee: Finance and Appropriations

Bill history

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Jul 21, 2026Continued from last sessionSenate

Mar 9, 2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)Senate

Mar 9, 2026Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Senate

Mar 9, 2026Senate committee offeredSenate

Feb 11, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB339)House

Feb 3, 2026Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborSenate

Feb 3, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)Senate

Feb 2, 2026Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)House

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Jan 30, 2026Engrossed by House - committee substituteHouse

Jan 30, 2026committee substitute agreed toHouse

Jan 30, 2026Read second timeHouse

Jan 29, 2026Read first timeHouse

Jan 27, 2026Committee substitute printed 26105908D-H1House

Jan 27, 2026Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N)House

Jan 22, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)House

Jan 22, 2026House subcommittee offeredHouse

Jan 19, 2026Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2House

Jan 12, 2026Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceHouse

Jan 12, 2026Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102185DHouse

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